The Riddle Of Babi Yar Quotes

“The SS men stood on guard because some of the asphyxiated women would suddenly begin moving when thrown in the fire; the guards just shot them.”
― Ziama Trubakov, The Riddle Of Babi Yar: The True Story Told by a Survivor of the Mass Murders in Kiev, 1941-1943

“Never before could I have imagined that man could do such things to other human beings and put so little value on human life.”
― Ziama Trubakov, The Riddle Of Babi Yar: The True Story Told by a Survivor of the Mass Murders in Kiev, 1941-1943

“Each of us struggled for life the best he could. But, more often than not, life became unbearable, and then we wished for just one thing: to die and end our suffering. III.”
― Ziama Trubakov, The Riddle Of Babi Yar: The True Story Told by a Survivor of the Mass Murders in Kiev, 1941-1943

“We should fight for our lives. It’s never too late to die. Maybe we will survive and they, the fascists, will perish before us!”
― Ziama Trubakov, The Riddle Of Babi Yar: The True Story Told by a Survivor of the Mass Murders in Kiev, 1941-1943

“Against all reason, our life went on. Of course, it was hard to call it life. But we were still breathing and we still hoped for something.”
― Ziama Trubakov, The Riddle Of Babi Yar: The True Story Told by a Survivor of the Mass Murders in Kiev, 1941-1943

“This is their policy. They execute the Jews openly and all others – with the first good excuse…”
― Ziama Trubakov, The Riddle Of Babi Yar: The True Story Told by a Survivor of the Mass Murders in Kiev, 1941-1943

“residents learned it hard way: reading every order and regulation was crucial to their survival because the bottom line was always the same: “Failure to comply leads to execution.”
― Ziama Trubakov, The Riddle Of Babi Yar: The True Story Told by a Survivor of the Mass Murders in Kiev, 1941-1943